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Samuel Itzhak Finzi was born on January 20, 1966 in Plovdiv. He graduated acting in National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in the class of Professor Dimitrina Gyurova (1992). He specializes in "Lee Strasberg Theater Institute", New York (1994). He debuted in the role of Leopold ("Tutor" - B. Brecht, Y. Lenz) in the Theatre "Bulgarian Army" (1989). Since 1989 he lives and works in Germany. He plays in Toured Hebbel Theater - Berlin, Schauspielhaus - Dusseldorf, Schauspielhaus - Cologne, Thalia Theater - Hamburg (1989 - 2003), Folksbyune - Berlin (2003 - 2006), the Deutsches Theater (2006). His roles are: Cosimo and others ( "Hermafroditus" - performance by director Ivan Stanev); collage of images ( "Performance and Punishment" - by Ivan Stanev); Author, Kalfa ( "Leons and Lena", "Woyzeck" - G. Buchner); Treplyov and several characters, Bortzov ( "Seagull", "Swan songs", "The Big Time" - by Chekhov); Herria ( "Caligula" - A. Camus); Man ( "One month Dachau "- Sorokin); Firs, Charlotte (" The Cherry Orchard "- A. Chekhov); Cortes (" Personal corner "- Yang); Rosenstock (" Wide Side "- A. Schnitzler); collage of characters ( "Germany 3" - H. Muller); several characters ( "Powder Keg" - D. Dukovski), Ivanov ( "Ivanov" - Chekhov); Alburi and other characters ( "Battle of the Negro and dogs "- Koltes); Platonov (" Platonov "- Chekhov); Messenger, Xerxes (" The Persians "- Aeschylus); Volpone (" Volpone "- B. Johnson) and others. He has participated in Bulgarian and German cinema, and of the Pop podium. He is a winner of the German national awards. Samuel Finzi or Sancho, as it is known among his friends, is a true star of the German theater scene. She starred in dozens of feature films - from "The Camp", directed by Georgi Djulgerov and "Pieces of Love", directed by Ivan Tscherkelov to Oscar nominee Austrian film "Testament." Sancho is a pet of the German audience with memorable performances in plays by the most famous world playwrights, Finzi worked for years with Dimitar Gochev, recognized as one of Europe's best theater directors. Bulgarian actor Samuel Finzi was named best actor in Germany. He received high recognition of the 42 known critics and journalists who voted in a poll of the magazine "The theater today." Many of them have indicated Finzi a favorite of the German-speaking scene in 2015 for his role of Vladimir in "Waiting for Godot" by Beckett, staging by another Bulgarian - director Ivan Panteleev, and played in Berlin "Deutsches Theater". Samuel Finzi is married to Sorrel Athina Jardine. They have one child.

Ivan Barnev was born on July 15, 1973 in Dobrich, Bulgaria. Ivan Barnev graduated from the National Academy for Theatre" and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in Acting in 1996 in the class of Professor Stefan Danailov , with assistants Iliya Dobrev and Ivaylo Hristov . He entered the team of the Youth Theatre , where debuted with the role of Pinocchio in performance posed by Andrei Avramov . He participated in the TV show Outcasts in the period 1998 - 2000 . Then he continued to play in the theater, his role in "Dinner for Idiots" brought him the Award "Asker" for A Rising Star in 2002. Then followed "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" , directed by Alexander Morfov . With the role of vulnerable Billy Bibi in the dramatization of the novel by Ken Kesey Ivan Barnev won the Awards " Asker " and "Icarus" in 2011. Burnev participated in Bulgarian cinema with roles in contemporary films like " Footsteps in the Sand ", directed by Ivaylo Hristov, " Voice over", directed by Svetoslav Ovtcharov, " Lady Zee ", "The Goat" and "Buffer Zone", directed by Georgi Djulgerov and "Lesson", directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov. In 2006 he was nominated for best leading role of the film festival " Berlinale " for his role as the young Jan Dite in the film by Jiri Menzel - " I Served the King of England". He is married to the actress Margita Gosheva. They have one child.

Paraskeva Djukelova was born on November 14, 1970 in the town of Panagyurishte, Bulgaria. In 1992 she graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in "acting" in class of Professor Stefan Danailov. There are her performances at the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov" , Satire Theater "Aleko Konstantinov" , Municipal Theater "Renaissance" and Bulgarian Army's Theater . She had powered roles in productions such as "Forever ... and another day" by Milorad Pavic , "Skin and Sky" by Dimitur Dinev , "Elder son" by Alexander Vampilov , "Running strangers" by Alexei Kazantseva. She played in several Bulgarian feature films , among which: 1989 - " Mayor, Mayor "; 1992 - "Arrhythmia"; 1993 - " Canaries Season "; 1997 - " Sulamit "; 2002 - " The Asistant "; 2002 - " Emigrants "; 2004 - " Burning "; 2007 - " Women's Time ". Djukelova is a two-time winner of the Golden Rose for Best Actress: in 1994 for his portrayal of the young Lily in "Canaries Season" and in 2004 for her role in "Burning". There are her roles in international film productions such as " Versenzhentoriks " (2001), "Air Marshal" and "I Am David" (2003), "Icon " (2005, where she was a partner of Patrick Swayze), "The Abandoned" (2006) and in television films and series. She was also a TV presenter on the show for Bulgarian cinema "Monday 8 1/2" by BNT . She is married to Victor Bozhinov. They have one child.

Desislava Ivanova Tenekedjieva , better known as Dessy Tenekedjieva is a Bulgarian actress, singer and producer. She was a wife of director Stoyan Kambarev. After his death she founded in 2009 on whose name a foundation and the prize for art. To 2010 she is the only Bulgarian actress with a starring role in a film of official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. Dessy Tenekedjieva was born on April 12, in Varna, in the family of Bulgarian and Ukrainian Jew. Her father is an engineer, her mother is a teacher of French. As a child Dessy was practicing gymnastics and tennis. She completed his secondary education in Varna. He continued his education at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria , where she graduated "Puppet mastery " in the class of Professor Nikolina Georgieva. In 1987, she debuted as a child in cinema with the film " Forbidden for Adults ," directed by Plamen Maslarov. In the coming years she participated in over 30 Bulgarian and international films. She played in the cult of Bulgarian theater shows as " Master and Margarita " by Bulgakov , directed by Teddy Moskov and "Three Sisters " by Chekhov , directed by Stoyan Kambarev. She was married six years to Kambarev, with whom she has a son - Joseph. In 1998, her husband suddenly died. In 2009, the actress became co-founder and president of the Art Foundation "Stoyan Kambarev" that served on behalf of an annual award for art. In 2001 she was invited to play in the movie " Craft Weapons " ( , Il mestiere delle Armi , director Ermanno Olmi ) in the title role of Marie de Medici. The film has won 9 awards David di Donatello, 3 awards Nastro d'Argento and was nominated for the "Palme d'Or" at Cannes Film Festival and the European Film Award in 2001. From 2000 to 2006 Tenekedjieva is an advertising face for Bulgaria of Jean Paul Gaultier and in 2007-2008 - on the Suzuki.

Diana Lyubenova was born on November 24, 1972 in Vidin. She graduated in acting at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in the class of Professor Nadezhda Seykova in 1998 . Her cinema debut is in the film "BG"(1996), directed by Georgi Djulgerov and Svetoslav Ovtcharov. In the period 2004-2007, she is the hostess of the show " Sex Games, ah ." She participated in several Bulgarian and foreign productions, including series " Sea salt ", " Forbidden Love ", " Rapid Reaction Corps "and the films" Code "," Philip "and others. She has photographed in the Bulgarian version of the magazine " The Playboy ." In 2013, she participated in the TV show "Your Face Sounds Familiar: Bulgaria".

Pavel Vesnakov was born on 1987 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pavel Vesnakov is a student of Georgi Djulgerov and a graduate of the New Bulgarian University - a place he finds almost accidentally after graduating from a secondary school in Sofia. At the beginning he studied at two places - including at the Faculty of History at Sofia University, but he only lasted three months and dashed the story. His first film shot for less than 1000 euro, collected from friendly loans and his mother's money. The Pavel's mother is a doctor. His second film he has shoot on the prize money, which he received for the first. He started to shoot his third film "Pride" (Bulgarian-German production) after a three-year searching for funds. "Pride" won Grand Prix at the International Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France. His fourth short film "Zeus" won the Grand Prix at the Brest Film Festival in France.

Rumen Petkov is a cartoon and animation artist and director. He graduated from Sofia Art School in 1967 and in Bulgarian Studies from the University of Sofia in 1977. Animator, artist and director at Sofia Animation Film Studio. Since 1989 he lives in the US. He has received Grand Prix at the International Festival of Animated Film, Ottawa (Canada) and Palme d'Or in Cannes 1985; directed the TV series The Adventures of Choko and Boko, very popular with children in the 1980s. Rumen Petkov has worked as a writer, storyboard artist and director of many episodes of TV series, such as Tom and Jerry, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, etc.

Margita Gosheva graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in "Acting for Theatre" in the class of Professor Nadezhda Seykova and assistant professor Veselin Rankov. She debuted in cinema in 1997 in the film "BG", directed by Georgi Djulgerov and Svetoslav Ovtcharov. She has played roles in several short films as well as in films and theater productions: "My mother," directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova, "34" and "Kart" ,directed by Lyubomir Mladenov, "History of the cake", directed by Milko Jovchev, "Question or desire", directed by Lyubomir Mladenov. She participated also in the movies "Emigrants", directed by Ivaylo Hristov and Lyudmil Todorov, "Investigation", directed by Iglika Trifonova. Huge success brought to her the role in "The Lesson", directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov. Her biography includes more than 10 theater productions, including: Raina in "Russenhuhn" by D. Dinev, Juliet Angelica in "Juliet, Juliet" by Shakespeare, directed by Plamen Markov; Nina Zarechnaya in "Seagull" by Anton Chekhov, directed by Galin Stoev; Lisa in "Alyosha" on "The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevski, directed by Margarita Mladenova; Una in "Blackbird" by David Harouar, directed by Borislav Chakrinov; Paulina in "Winter's Tale" by Shakespeare, directed by Margarita Mladenova. She is married to actor Ivan Barnev, They have a son - Mathieu.

Petar Ivanov Popyordanov , known as Chocho Popyordanov, is Bulgarian theater and cinema actor. He was born on June 11, 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is a son of Ivan Popyordanov (born on 1938) - a longtime Chief of the cinema center Boyana Film Studios. He was also Chief of Bulgarian National Television in 1998. The Mother of Petar Popyordanov Katya was a doctor. The father's family originated from Veles, Vardar Macedonia. Chocho great-grandfather was a first cousin of the Macedonian revolutionaries - Chieftain Mile and his younger brother Jordan Popyordanov-Ortse, leader of Thessaloniki bombers. In 1989, Petar Popyordanov graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in "Acting" in the class of Professor Krikor Azaryan and Todor Kolev. He studied at the Czech Republic one year. He has played in the troupes of Theatre "Sofia", Little City Theatre "Off the Channel" and in 1994 - in the National Theater. His most famous theater roles were in performances "Outcasts," "Midsummer Night's Dream," "At the foot of Vitosha Mountain," "The Tempest," "The man who makes the rain," "Kimono", "Decameron," "Ghosts in Naples, "" Hedda Gabler. " Chocho Popyordanov has involved in cinema productions, including "Yesterday" (1988), "Rio Adio" (1989), " The Love Summer of a Schlep " (1990), "Vampires, ghouls" (1992) "Canaries Season" (1993), "Frontier" (1994), "Spanish fly" (1998), "After the end of the world" (1998), "Danube bridge" (1999), "Sombrero blues" (1999), " Wolf Hunt" (2000). Petar Popyordanov has won numerous nominations and awards, including a nomination for "Asker" in 1996 and 1997 and the prize "Golden Bayar" in Belgium for Best Actor in the film "Border". He had also a presence on the small screen, starring in the TV show "UFO Club" on "Channel 1". In 2007 he began his participation in the series "Outcasts" for "Channel 1" of Bulgarian National Television. He has nephews Helen and Peter Koshnicharski. Albeit posthumously Chocho Popyordanov became a father of adopted him months earlier daughter Ekaterina Petrova Popyordanova. He died on May 5, 2013 in Boyana, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

Ivaylo Natzev was born on March 14, 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He graduated Sofia High School of Mathematics, Sofia, Bulgaria High-School Diploma and a Computer Programmer Certificate, April 1988; Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria M.Sc., Electronics and Automation, April 1994; Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria Certificate in Applied Sound Engineering, March 1995. He worked as Research Assistant (1992-1993) in Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a Broadcast Sound Mixer and Engineer (1993-1994) in Radio Station "Signal Plus", Sofia, Bulgaria. He was responsible for the selection, editing, and playback of musical pieces; recording and broadcasting of commercials; equipment installation and technical support. Then he was a Broadcast Sound Mixer (1994-1995) in Radio Station "7 Days", Sofia, Bulgaria. He performed mixing and broadcasting of the radio's program; recording of songs, commercials, and announcements. Since 1995 to 1999 he was a Sound Engineer, Mixer and Editor in Army Audio-Visual Center, Sofia, Bulgaria, where he operated and maintained the studio's audio equipment, and performed sound design, recording, editing, and mixing of TV documentaries and training videos, and helped produce more than 35 TV documentaries. He is a member of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers, a member of Audio Engineer Society. He is a Head of Sound Department and Chief Sound Engineer in Nu Boyana Film Studios (formerly Boyana Film Studios), Sofia, Bulgaria. He has supervised and performed all audio-related client engagements; consulting, and post-production projects, including sound design and editing, mixing, and print mastering. He completed training at Dolby Labs Inc., U.K., for all Dolby SR and Dolby Digital film mixing and mastering work. Overseeing and performing equipment installation, alignment, and maintenance, thereby ensuring a highly reliable and uninterrupted service at the Recording and Mixing Sound Studios. The position requires in-depth understanding, administration, and operation of complex audio/video equipment and peripherals, including Digital Audio Workstations. He is a Location / Production Sound Mixer and/or Boom Operator. He has abilities to perform all kind of audio related work when filming on Location as a Freelance. This includes Location Sound Mixer, Special Sound Effects Gathering and Recording, Boom Operator, Location Sound Engineer and Supervisor. He has solid background in film shooting on location for more than 15 years; he took part in the location sound crews of more than 30 Bulgarian or foreign film projects. The job requires skills to quickly adapt to different, difficult and often extreme shooting conditions and locations without affecting the quality of the product; abilities to communicate and work with many people in the film crew; very good and strong discipline. He was a lecturer in New Bulgarian University , Film and Television Department, Sofia, teaching elective course "Theory and practice of Sound Technologies for Film and TV". He has special qualifications: Dolby-qualified and approved Studio Sound Engineer & Mixer with extensive experience in sound design, recording, editing, and mixing of feature films, music and TV productions. He worked on over 80 feature films and 35 documentaries. He is experienced Production Sound Mixer, Engineer and Boom Operator on location; he participated in more than 40 movie productions filmed in Bulgaria or abroad. He has comprehensive Electronic Engineering background and excellent skills in research, installation, operation, and maintenance of complex professional studio electronic equipment and devices. He has extensive experience with professional audio/video software, hardware, and dedicated electronic and measuring equipment. He could manage operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS and applications. He knows Bulgarian (fluent), English (advanced), Russian (intermediate).

Valeri Yordanov was born on February 22, 1974 in Sofia, but raised in Pleven village Gornik - his parents were northerners. He graduated from the National Academy in 1996 in the class of Professor Stefan Danailov. He played in the Youth Theatre, Theatre "Sfumato", Theatre 199 and others. Among his the theatrical roles are: Neoptolemus in "Dream Odyssey" by Heiner Müller and Child of the Devil in "Apocrypha" by M. Mladenova and Ivan Dobchev in Theater "Sfumato", Santiago in "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho and Drummer in "The Night of Rock and Roll" by Donny in Theatre 199; Waller in "Tartuffe" by Moliere, Stefan in "Yesterday" by Stefan Mavrodiyev, Sky in the "French Quarter" by Tennessee Williams, George in "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller at the Youth Theatre. He is in troupe of the National Theatre from 2004 and among his roles are: Kuhn in "The visit of the Old Lady" by Dürrenmatt, Characters in "The rifle will shoot after intermission" by Anton Chekhov, Horus in "With Love not Joke" by A. de Musset, Don Carlos in "Don Juan" by Moliere, Oswald in "King Lear", Brachkov in "Outcasts" by Ivan Vazov, Lvov in "Ivanov" by Chekhov. He plays in the most popular contemporary Bulgarian movies , including " Stolen Eyes " (2004), " The Trap " (2003), "A trip to the horizon", " Emigrants " (2002) and " Wolf Hunt " (2000). In 2009, he wrote and made his directorial debut with Ivan Vladimirov , with the movie "Sneakers". In "Crabs" (2009) he starred with Philip Avramov , Rangel Vulchanov, Nikolay Urumov , Nikolay Shterev, Krasimir Dokov, Eugenia Barakovova, Marin Marinov, Ivan Raynov, Alexander Marinov - Sancho; a director and screenwriter is Ivan Cherkelov . He has several awards, including " Asker " for leading actor and " Golden Rose "; Special diploma of " FIPRESCI " of " Sofia Film Fest "; Prize of the Ministry of Culture for the promotion and development of Bulgarian culture - in 2005 and Best Young Actor Award "Ivan Dimov" in 2004.

Anri Kulev graduated from State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow in 1975. He received a degree in Animation Graphics. In 1974/92, he worked at Boyana Animation Film Studio as director, artist and writer. He was a member of the international jury at Annecy, 1987. In 1992, he founded Koulev Film Production. Since 1993, he has been lecturing in Animation Directing and has been directing the Animation Program at New Bulgarian University, Sofia. He has directed six feature, thirteen documentaries and fifteen animation films. "Hypothesis "won the principal awards in Ottawa, Varna, Bulgaria. "Cavalcade" won the prizes in Krakow, Poland; Tolbuhin, Bulgaria; Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He has worked on TV shows and theatre productions. As an illustrator he has held a dozen of solo exhibitions.

Rangel Vulchanov was one of the few Bulgarian directors who had not studied in Moscow. He graduated from a vocational high school and the Theatrical Institute, worked as assistant director five years; in 1956 was Sharaliev's second unit director in Two Victories. After the critique of On a Small Island, he also was employed as a second-unit director in 1958 in Stars, a co-production between Bulgaria and East Germany that was directed by Konrad Wolf. Rangel Vulchanov was a director of nearly 20 Bulgarian movies and script-writer of another 8 films. He also performed in several movies as well as on the theatre stage in Bulgaria. Rangel Vulchanov was elected best Bulgarian film director of the 20th century. He was a member of the European Film Academy and a laureate of many Bulgarian and international awards. Rangel Vulchanov was an original maker who used his imagination to make experiments in his films. In The Unknown Soldier's Patent Leather Shoes (1979), shot through the view of a seven-year old child, the renowned director takes us through the one-time Bulgarian village and its ancient traditions all the way to the Buckingham Palace. The movie is a mixture of fabulous scenes and great sense of humor and the characters of the classical rural Bulgaria stand engraved in our memory. One of the brightest roles of Rangel Vulchanov at the theatre stage was in Lazaritsa mono play written by the classic of the Bulgarian literature Yordan Radichkov. Rangel Vulchanov was quite ill during the last years of his life. However, he managed to write three books. One of them was entitled "We will all die, and now Cheers!"

Valeri Nissim Mevorah, better known by his pen-name, Valeri Petrov, was born on April 22, 1920, in Sofia to a Jewish father and Bulgarian mother. Besides poems, novels and translations from Russian, Italian and English, Petrov authored numerous film scripts and plays - both for adults and for children. During World War II, he took part in the resistance against the pro-Nazi regime in Bulgaria and remained close to left-wing political thought through his life. In 1970, he clashed with the communist regime in Bulgaria after refusing to sign an official petition denouncing the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn. As a result, Petrov was not allowed to publish for years, so he turned to translating. Petrov was held in high esteem in his country and after the collapse of the totalitarian regime in 1989, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature by Bulgaria's Writers' Union.

One of the most talented actors from Bulgaria. He was born in Sofia in 1942. In 1962 he graduated from famous Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts as an actor. His first appearance in the movies was in 1956 when he was a only a teenager. With the well known series Na vseki kilometar he gained international reputation.

Kristina Nikolova was born and raised in Bulgaria in a family of filmmakers, but for the past 14 years she has been residing and working as cinematographer and film director in the United States of America. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Film Theory from the University of Chicago, and a Master's degree in Film from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Kristina has 20 short films, 3 features and 2 documentaries to her credit. Her films have taken part in the film festivals in Milan, San Francisco, Sarajevo and Sundance, to name but a few. Her directorial debut "Faith, Love and Whiskey" had its world premier at the 2012 Slamdance Festival and went on to win many awards at festivals around the world..

Nikolay Mutafchiev is born on 20.10.1974. He has graduated in Acting from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia in 1999. He took master degree in movie directing in National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in 2008. He made his debut as director of fiction films with the short drama "Two on the Bridge" (2006), and in 2007 won a UN subsidy for his project "You Are It". The two films have been selected for participation in various international festivals. Nikolay Mutafchiev has featured as actor in a number of foreign film productions. Between 2007 and 2009 he directed 3 of the seasons of the Survivor TV reality show. He set up his own production company PREMIERstudio, which produced his first feature length film, One More Dream.

Rozaliya Abgarian was born in Burgas, Bulgaria. She is half Bulgarian (maternal line) and half Armenian (patrilineal). She is best known for her role of Blaga's student in the movie ''Blaga's lessons'.

In 2013 she graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia in class of Prof. Ivaylo Hristov. She has over 20 roles in movies and TV series locally. Her debut on the big screen was a supporting role in the feature film "Buffer zone" (2014), directed by the Berlinale Silver Bear winner Georgi Djulgerov.

The short film 'The celebration' that she acted in (directed by Antonia Milcheva) won the Grand Prize for Best short film at the oldest Bulgarian film festival - Golden Rose

In 2022 she had work with the 'Un certain regard' nominated director Stephan Komandarev in his latest film 'Blaga's lessons' . 'Blaga's lessons' premiered at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won the Crystal Globe for Best Film. It was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. It also fetched Silver Peacock-Best Direction at the 54th International Film Festival of India.

Theodore Ushev was born in Bulgaria and earned a master's degree in graphic and poster design at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia in 1995. He taught there for several years before moving to Canada in 1999. He works in multimedia, illustration, animation and has exhibited his posters in Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Japan, Denmark and Russia. His digital animation films have been selected by many festivals, including Annecy, Ottawa, Sundance, Toronto, Montreal, Valladolid, Rio de Janeiro, Dresden, Tampere and Leipzig. Theodore has since 2003 worked regularly in the Animation and Youth Studio at the National Film Board of Canada. He designed and animated the Engrenage web portal, which earned him the Grand Prix Boomerang in 2004. He also developed the site In vivo for the Canadian pavilion 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan. Prolific director, Theodore Ushev completed 3 other films between 2005-2007 - The Man Who Waited, Tower Bawher, and the children movie Tzaritza, which became world-wide hits on the festival circuit scene. In 2007 he completed his movie Sou destined for the mobile devices as part of the 10 movie-series The Art of Seduction, together with directors as Denisse Villeneuve, Guy Madin, and Isabella Rosselini. The series are aired on Bravo TV, Sundance TV channels, and MSN Networks. Now Theodore Ushev works on an animated biography for one of the most charismatic Canadian Directors, Arthur Lipsett. He is in charge of the new IMAX Stereoscopic Animation department of NFB.

Petar Valchanov was born in 1982 in Plovdiv. He graduated from an Art School, Plovdiv in 2000. After that he graduated in Film Directing from National Academy for Theatre and Film At in classes of prof. Ludmil Staikov.. Together, Petar Valchanov and Kristina Grozeva have directed the documentary Parable of Life (2009), the TV movie Forced Landing (2010). Recently they wrote and directed the short film Jump, which was nominated for the European Film Awards 2013 at Clermont-Ferrand ISFF 2013, making it the first Bulgarian short film ever nominated for EFA. Jump was also awarded with Grand Prix at Brussels SFF 2013, Excellence Award for Best Picture at Busan ISFF 2013, and Best Short Film by the Bulgarian Film Academy 2013, among others. The Lesson is their full-length debut film, having been selected at Toronto IFF (Contemporary World Cinema) and San Sebastian IFF (New Directors).

Vladimir Nikolov Penev was born on October 24, 1958. He is a Bulgarian actor , performing roles in film, television and theater. In 2013, he became culture minister in the caretaker government of Marin Raykov. Penev was born in Sofia , Bulgaria . His father was the Nikola Penev , a journalist from the newspaper "Agricultural flag." Vladimir Penev ends his secondary education at the School number 8, in Sofia. In 1982 he graduated in Acting for Theatre in the class of Professor Nikolay Lyutskanov with assistant Margarita Mladenova in National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. From 1985 to 1992 he was in the trope of the Youth Theatre in Sofia. Then he became an actor in the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov". Since 2003, he plays in the troupe of "Small City Theatre behind Channel". Among his many awards are the "Golden Mask" at the International Theatre Festival "Ohrid Summer", The Union of Bulgarian Actor's Award "Icarus" for his portrayal of Edgar in the show "Dance of Death"; the Award "Asker" in 1996 for the Husband of "Nirvana" by Konstantin Iliev, directed by Margarita Mladenova; the Award "Asker" in 2007 for Edgar of "Dance of Death": Best Actor Award in Rijeka, 2007 for; Best Actor Award "Golden Chest" in 2000 for the movie "Hourglass", directed by Georgi Djulgerov. In 2010 he was nominated for the Award "Asker" for Supporting actor in " Pleasantly Scary " at Theatre 199 . Penev deals with the dubbing of commercials, films and series from the late 80th of last century. He participated in synchronous dubbing of " Mrs. Doubtfire ," which is the first made-for-TV. Penev is better known for his work on US series like " Twin Peaks ," " The diaries of red shoes ," " Highlander ," " The X-Files ," " Monk ," " Two and a Half Men " (from second to eighth season) ", CSI: NY " and " Desperate Housewives ." On 20 December 2013 he was awarded the Prize Dublart Lifetime Achievement.

Sashka Bratanova (Alexandra Nikolova Bratanova) is a Bulgarian actress. She was born in Svishtov, Bulgaria on September 23, 1950. She graduated from National Academy for Theatre" and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1972 in the class of Professor Grisha Ostrovsky . Then she began to play in Burgas Drama Theater , and later - in the Theater "Sofia" . In 1992, she went on the stage of the Little City Theatre "Off the Channel" . Sashka Bratanova is a daughter of the composer Nikolai Bratanov and the musical activist Nadezhda Evgenieva Volyn-Bratanova. In her childhood the actress is constantly on the road with their parents, because Nikolai Bratanov is an active military musician and player of CSKA and her family often traveled due to the commitments of the father. In 1986, the actress became a mother of twins Vyara and Nadezhda, who are born of a romantic relationship with the actor Rashko Mladenov . Parents do not live together and the children grow up with the mother. Sashka Bratanova has taken participation in more than 20 Bulgarian movies.

Vania Tsvetkova Doycheva was born on January 12, 1958 in Sofia. He graduated acting in National Academy of Theater and Film Art, Sofia, Bulfaria in 1980 in the class of Grisha Ostrovsky. Her cinema debut was the movie " Status: Orderly" but she gets more popular with Christo Christov's film "Barrier" (portraying Doroteya) on the novel by Pavell Vezhinov. She won awards at film festivals in Varna and Moscow. With her participation in the cash hits of Bulgarian cinema "Avalanche" on the book of Blaga Dimitrova and "Combine" (portraying Suni) Vania Tzvetkova rapidly became a nationwide favorite. Both films starred by Ivan Ivanov. Vanya Tsvetkova lives in Las Vegas with her son and only occasionally comes in Bulgaria. However, in 2004 Vania Tsvetkova starred in Sofia "Our Other Possible Life" (portraying Tram driver). In 2011 starred in the television series "Seven Hours Difference" and in 2013 in the series "Family."

Iliya Raev is a Bulgarian theater and cinema actor. He was born on February 23, 1940. He graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria with a degree in "acting" in the class of Professor Zhelcho Mandadzhiev. There he met his future wife Baroness Natalia Bardskaya who is a descendant of Russian emigrants "white guards". He worked in the Haskovo Drama Theatre since 1964 to 1967, then at the Drama Theatre "Sofia" until 1990, then passes into Little City Theatre "Off the Channel". In 2008 he became director of the Dramatic Theatre "Vasil Drumev" in Shumen. He has two daughters - Vesselina and Alexandra.

Specializing in intense psychological dramas, Bulgarian filmmaker Metodi Andonov is best remembered for making one of his country's most popular films, The Goat Horn (1972). He also directed a pair of high-grossing detective dramas based on the novels and screenplays of Bogomil Rainov, There's Nothing Finer Than Bad Weather (1971) and The Great Boredom (1973). Andonov graduated from the Sofia Academy of Dramatic Art in 1955 after studying theater direction. Before entering the film industry, he directed productions at the Dramatic Theater in Burgas and at the Satirical Theater in Sofia. Andonov made his feature directorial debut in 1968 with The White Room, which was based on a Rainov novel. In addition to his work in theater and cinema, Andonov occasionally directed for television.